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RIVER NILE
River Nile
You once became
A plague.
Turned to blood
No-one could drink
From you.
No-one dared
to bathe or wash
in you.
The fish died,
Your water stank
Of death.
Yet Pharoah,
A ruthless king,
Remained.
River Nile,
Your putrid blood;
It failed.
Yet you were
Still a part of
God’s plan.
RED SEA
At Yahweh’s command
Moses stretched out
His staff.
The Israelites walked
On arid ground,
To freedom.
At Yahweh’s command
Moses stretched out
His staff.
The Egyptians drowned,
Washed up ashore,
As corpses.
Although you obeyed
Yahweh’s commands,
Yet still
The promised land was,
And remained out
Of reach.
For you, Sea of Reeds,
You were only
A path.
You could not remove
Doubts, worries, fears
Given voice.
Although you were part
Of Yahweh’s plan
To bring
A land flowing with
Milk and honey
To them all,
By yourself you were
Not empowered
To win.
Of Yahweh’s great plan
You were also
A mere part.
CRIMSON AGAINST SCARLET
The scarlet tide that flows throughout
Humanity, contaminates
All thought and speech and action, due
To sin, its consequences which
Construct a barrier whereby
The spiritual relationship
Between Yahweh and humankind
Is lost, and to darkness consigned.
What once was pure and free from fault
And blemish, now is drowning in
A sea of red whose ebb and flow
Appears unceasing as it swirls
And rages over rapids urged
By sweeping currents flowing out
Into dark oceans deep and dark
An endless, long, ensnaring tide.
Unblemished lambs, their blood that flowed
Upon the altar to appease
The wrath of Yahweh for a time
Must make repeated sacrifice
Time and again for human sin
And frailty, so that sinful stains
No longer cause His eyes to rest
Upon the wretched human state.
No respite is there, it would seem
But from the shores of Paradise,
Its portals open, now descends
A lamb unblemished, white as snow
The sight of which there never has
Been seen and never will again
Be seen by human sight, behold
The Lamb of God, the Saviour dear.
He comes to bring to human souls
God’s kingdom and to plant a new
Life-giving way of truth and peace
In which the struggles of the old
Are swept away and new life breathed
Into all lives, and healing brought
To mind and body, and to soul,
This new which must replace the old.
For this to take place, there must be
One final conflict, evermore
To end the reign of sin and death
And crush Hell’s portals for all time
And for eternity beyond.
The Lamb of God must undergo
The height of human cruelty
To stem the scarlet ebb and flow.
A new and spotless crimson tide
Untouched by sin that had bespoiled
The creation, once pure and good
Now flows, the brutal flagrum lash
Which does its fearful, savage work
And yet is but a precursor
Of the one perfect act of love
To be displayed on Calvary’s hill.
The perfect, spotless crimson tide
Now flows with steady stream down from
The outstretched arms of him who came
To bring God’s kingdom. He who came
Is now raised up so that we all
May be drawn unto Him, the Lamb
Of God, who takes away our sins
To bring us safe to Paradise.
This one atoning sacrifice
Has breached and opened wide the ebb
And flow of scarlet oceans deep
And loosened its restraining grip
On human life and destiny.
For sin is pardoned for all time
The scarlet tide made powerless
Lost innocence restored for good.
Come unto Him, the Lamb of God
And make your heart His dwelling place.
Your sins are washed away and made
As white as snow, no more are they
A barrier, a stumbling block.
For you, the gates of Paradise
Are opened up, so enter in
He welcomes you with open arms.
RIVER OF LIFE
Scourged at the pillar
Nailed to a cross
Saviour dear.
Your lifeblood flowed down
From Calvary
To cleanse.
The blood that flowed forth
From Calvary,
Trickled down
Until it returned
Unto its source;
The pillar.
This river of blood
Will cleanse and restore
Human hearts.
Unlike the great Nile
And Sea of Reeds,
It saves.
Listen and believe;
Jesus has paid
The price.
Accept Him as Lord,
Give Him your heart,
And live.
THE SCARLET CHRIST
With arms outstretched
The Christ who bore our sins,
Forgives and pardons
The wrongs that we have done
In love.
Raised up to die
Blood-splattered and alone,
Redeems and renews
Our broken, sinful lives
By grace.
Pain-racked and pierced
The Lamb who knew no sin,
Has become for us
A scarlet offering
For sin.
Look upon Him
And know that He has paid
The ultimate price,
To make our scarlet deeds
As snow.
UNDER THE BLOOD
Under the blood
Forgiveness of sins
A pardon most royal
Is granted to those
Who confess their faults
Accepting without
Question or doubt
The price paid by Him
As Saviour who brings
Salvation and life,
Eternal and free
For those who are cleansed
And washed of their stains
Forever to be
Under the blood.
Under the blood
Protection from lies,
False accusations,
From Satan’s black tongue
Are proven to be
The work of the one
Whose days numbered are
And rightly dismissed
As Christ intercedes
For those who accept
The sacrifice made
On Calvary’s tree,
As sheep who were lost
And now who are placed
Under the blood.
Under the blood
The majestic face
Countenance awesome
Of Yahweh now turns
Towards the redeemed
Children that have been
Eternally cleansed
And accepted are.
With arms opened wide
To enter into
The dread majesty
Of Yahweh’s presence.
Sealed by the Spirit
Because they are now
Under the blood.
Under the blood
Dear Lord, we who are
Redeemed by the tide
Of crimson that flowed
To cleanse all our sins
And make us anew
By your grace alone;
Help us to always
Remember the love
You showed for us all.
With praise and with thanks
We love and adore;
For, safe in your arms
We ever shall be
Under the blood.
FEAST OF LOVE
Fruit of the vine
As black becomes red
Contained in the cup
Alongside the bread.
“Do this”, He said
“In memory of me”.
We recall His death
That has set us free.
This feast of love,
Of substance divine,
As wine is transformed
From fruit of the vine.
Bread from the fields
In substance transformed
Alongside the wine,
The altar adorned.
Come unto Him,
Partake of the feast
As you who are saved
From greatest to least.
Tell of His love,
Go out, spread the word
That all may believe
That Jesus is Lord.
Dominus-Iesus-est 